For Parents Who Are Tired of Managing Anxiety All Day — and Ready to Help Their Child Build Real Confidence

Live with Dr. Christopher Willard & Dajana Yoakley

Psychologist • Harvard Medical School Faculty • Author of 20 Books on Mental Health

Proud Parents,

Confident Kids

Help Your Child Do More of Life — Even When Anxiety Shows Up

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Live Course is on Thursdays, starting on September 17th

Time: 10am CT/11am ET for 90 minutes per week

You have lifetime access to the course and recordings!

A 5-Week Live Guided Implementation Course for Parents Who Want to Know What to Change, What to Say, and How to Help Their Child Discover:

“I can feel scared… and I can still handle this.”

"I was terrified that anxiety was going to keep making my child's world smaller and smaller. I thought helping meant making everything feel safe. Once I understood the pattern, I started seeing things differently. My child still gets nervous — but now I’m watching them try things they used to avoid. Hearing, ‘I think I can do it,’ has changed everything."

— David, dad of three

"I didn't realize how much of my day was spent managing anxiety — reassuring, negotiating, changing plans, and wondering if I was helping or making things worse. I was constantly second-guessing myself. Now I understand what I'm looking for, I know where to start and how to respond, and I feel so much steadier. My child doesn't have to be perfectly calm for me to know we're moving in the right direction."

  • Mom of two

YES — I WANT TO HELP MY CHILD BUILD CONFIDENCE»

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Does Your Home Feel Like This Right Now?

The morning stomachache that disappears once you let them stay home

The two-hour bedtime filled with one more hug, one more check, one more question

“What if…?” asked again and again even after you’ve already answered

A child who needs everything exactly right — the plan, the routine, the food, the wording

The after-school explosion over a shoe, snack, homework mistake, or tiny change

A child who won’t try, won’t go, won’t answer, or won’t separate from you

You feel guilty — like you're somehow causing it or not doing enough to fix it

You constantly wondering:

Am I helping them feel safe — or making them believe they can’t handle this without me?

Same cycle. Different worry. Same pattern.

And none of this means you haven’t tried hard enough.

In fact, you may be exhausted because you’ve been trying so hard.

Anxiety doesn't happen randomly. It happens in patterns. And patterns can change.

“Can I handle this?”

“What if I can’t?”

“Will you make it okay for me?”

“Can I do this even when I’m scared?”

“Can I trust myself when you’re not there?”

That's the question underneath almost

every anxious thought.

WHAT'S KEEPING YOU STUCK

Three Things Parents Believe That Keep the Cycle Going

Belief #1: "I've tried everything. Nothing works for more than a day."

  • Tips and tricks fail because they address the behavior, not the pattern underneath it

  • Without a framework, every fight feels like a new problem — and you're always reacting

  • This course gives you the framework, not a list of techniques — so you know what to do in any situation

Belief #2: “This is just who my child is.”

  • Maybe you’ve heard: “She’s just shy.”

    “He’s always been particular.”

    “She’s a perfectionist.”

    “He’s stubborn.”

    “She’s dramatic.”

    “He’s just an angry kid.”

  • Sometimes those descriptions may fit. But anxiety doesn’t always look like fear.

  • Sometimes the behavior is what you can see…while the worry cycle is what’s driving it.

Belief #3: “They’ll probably grow out of it. Maybe I just need to give it time.”

  • Some childhood fears absolutely do pass.

  • But when fear begins deciding where your child goes, what they try, how they sleep, who they talk to, or what your whole family has to change…

  • we want to pay attention to the pattern, not simply wait for the feeling to disappear.

  • Time passing is not the same thing as confidence being practiced.

CALM ISN’T THE GOAL. CONFIDENCE IS.

WHAT'S POSSIBLE

Imagine This Being Your Normal...

✓ Bedtime still has worry — but it no longer consumes the entire evening

✓Your child tries something new without needing you to make it feel safe first

✓ A hard moment happens — and they recover without the whole day unraveling

✓ They go to school, practice, the party, or the sleepover even while feeling nervous

✓ They ask for reassurance once instead of twenty times

✓ Perfectionism begins to soften

✓ You stop rehearsing every possible problem before leaving the house

✓ Your child starts saying: “I think I can handle it.”

✓ You’re not managing anxiety all day

✓ You get your energy — and more of your family life — back

"After I learned how to interrupt the worry cycle, my child started trying things they used to avoid. The anxiety hasn’t disappeared — but now I see them discovering, ‘I can handle this.’"

- Mom of an anxious child

INTRODUCING

Proud Parents, Confident Kids

Break the Worry Cycle and Build Confidence That Lasts

An 5-Week Course + Live Coaching for Parents Who Want More Family Joy and Life

Proud Parents, Confident Kids gives you a complete framework — not a list of tips — for understanding what's actually driving the anxiety cycle for your child, and how to shift it at the root.

Step 1 — See the Worry Cycle

Recognize where anxiety is actually making the decisions in your home — and identify the ONE pattern to start with.

Step 2 — Support Without Feeding the Fear

Help your child discover they can handle hard feelings — instead of needing you to make them disappear.

Step 3 — Know What to Say and Do

Respond differently in the real moment — what to say, what to change first, and how to move forward when anxiety pushes back.

Step 4 — Build Confidence That Carries Into Life

Help your child increasingly able to move through school, friendships, independence, and life without anxiety making the decisions.

Calm isn't the goal. Confidence is.

THE COURSE FRAMEWORK

Where Anxiety Starts Running the Show

4 Ways the Worry Cycle Can Hide in Your Home

Pattern 1: AVOIDANCE- “When escaping feels like success”

  • Your child won’t go, won’t try, wants to stay home, or suddenly has a stomachache when something feels hard

  • Each escape brings immediate relief — and the brain starts learning, “Avoiding is what keeps me safe”

  • You’ll learn: How to recognize the avoidance cycle, know when to support versus step back, and help your child take manageable steps toward, “I was scared — and I did it.”



Pattern 2: CONTROL — “When certainty becomes the only way to feel safe”

  • Your child needs the plan exactly right, asks the same questions repeatedly, struggles with changes, or melts down when things aren’t perfect

  • The more everyone rearranges life to create certainty, the more certainty they need to feel okay

  • You’ll learn: How to respond to the need for control without getting pulled into endless reassurance or negotiation — while helping your child become more flexible with uncertainty



Pattern 3: BIG BEHAVIOR/AGGRESSION — “When fear comes out sideways”

  • Your child yells, refuses, argues, shuts down, or explodes over things that seem far too small for the reaction

  • Everyone focuses on stopping the behavior — while the fear underneath can keep driving the same pattern

  • You’ll learn: How to recognize when anxiety may be underneath the behavior, respond without treating fear like defiance, and support confidence without giving anxiety control of the moment

Pattern 4: DEPENDENCE — “When ‘I need you’ becomes the way they feel safe”

  • Your child needs you beside them, needs you to answer for them, asks you to do things they can do themselves, or repeatedly checks that everything will be okay

  • The more you become part of the safety plan, the easier it can be for your child to conclude, “I can only handle this when you’re here”

  • You’ll learn: How to stay warm and available while gradually helping your child experience, “I can do this — even when Mom or Dad isn’t doing it for me.”

THE CURRICULUM

What You'll Learn - 5 Weeks:

See the Pattern & Change What You’re Aiming For

(Weeks 1 & 2)

  • Identify where the Worry Cycle is showing up — and which pattern to work on first

  • Understand the question underneath your child’s anxiety: “Can I handle this?”

  • Learn the difference between helping your child feel better right now and helping them build confidence over time

Phase 2 (Week 3): Know What to Say in the Hard Moments

  • Learn what to say when your child worries, refuses, begs, shuts down, or asks for reassurance again

  • Respond in ways that support your child without automatically making the fear go away

  • Adapt your language to your child’s age, situation, and anxiety pattern

Phase 3

(Week 4):

Put Your Confidence Plan Into Action

  • Know what to change first, what can wait, and how much to change at once

  • Use a clear sequence instead of trying to fix every anxious behavior at the same time

  • Help your child take manageable next steps while still feeling supported and connected

Phase 4

(Week 5): Handle Pushback & Keep Confidence Growing

  • Know what to do when your child protests, resists, melts down, or the anxiety gets louder

  • Learn when to hold steady, slow down, adjust the plan, or seek additional support

  • Handle setbacks without feeling like you’re back at square one — and keep helping your child build the belief: “I can handle this.”

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Everything Inside-

Proud Parents, Confident Kids

5 Weeks of Live Guided Implementation

  • Bring your real situations — bedtime, school mornings, reassurance loops, avoidance, meltdowns, and more

  • Led live by Dajana Yoakley and Dr. Christopher Willard

  • Get coaching and Q&A around what’s actually happening with your child

  • All sessions recorded — watch the replay if you can’t attend live

Your Family Confidence Roadmap + Implementation Toolkit

  • Identify the ONE anxiety pattern to start with so you’re not trying to change everything at once

  • Know what to say with the age- and situation-based Script Library

  • Use the Sequence Map to know what to change, how much, and in what order

  • Get supportive-response tools and a Parent Regulation Guide for the moments when anxiety gets loud

Private Parent Community

  • Connect with parents working through the same kinds of anxiety patterns

  • Ask questions when the hard moment happens between the weekly calls

  • Get support from Dajana inside the private WhatsApp group throughout the 5-week cohort

  • Share wins, troubleshoot setbacks, and keep moving forward instead of second-guessing yourself alone

Here's Everything You Receive

  • Proud Parents, Confident Kids – 5 Module Online Course (Value $950)

  • 5 Weeks of Live Group Coaching Calls with Dajana & Dr. Willard (Value $400)

  • Your Family Confidence Roadmap + Implementation Toolkit

    (Value $600)

  • Live Private Parent WhatsApp Community Access (Value $97)

Bonuses - Included FREE (Value $450)

  • BONUS 1: When Your Child Says No! Scripts, Practice Tools & Reflection Exercises (Value $150)

  • BONUS 2: The Same Team Alignment Kit: For Partners, Schools & Therapists (Value $150)

  • BONUS 3: Neurodivergent Child & Teen Strategies (Value $150)

Total Value: $2,497

Yours Investment Today

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OUR PROMISE TO YOU

Try It Risk-Free for 14 Days

(If you go through the material, do the work, and don't find value — reach out within 14 days and we'll refund you in full. No complicated hoops to jump through. Just show us you gave it a genuine try. We're confident in this material — we've watched it shift families who were completely stuck Your only risk is staying exactly where you are.)

DON'T WAIT

Why Acting Now Matters for Your Kids

  • Every time anxiety makes the decision, your child gets another chance to practice avoiding, depending, controlling, or needing certainty

  • The longer the Worry Cycle keeps repeating, the more familiar that pattern can become — and the more areas of life it can begin to influence

  • Childhood gives your child hundreds of everyday opportunities to practice a different message: “This is hard… and I can handle it.”

  • The live cohort is intentionally limited so families can receive meaningful coaching and support

  • The Personalized Family Roadmap Review is available to the first 10 families who enroll

     

    You don’t need to wait for the anxiety to get worse before helping your child build confidence.

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What Other Parents Have to Say...

Real Families. Real Shifts.

“I kept trying to make the fear go away. I never once asked myself whether he needed the fear to go away — or whether he needed to find out he could feel it and still be okay.”

Cecilia

Mom of a 7 year old

She stopped asking only:

“Did this help him calm down?”

and started asking:

“What is he learning about what he can handle?” 

Priyah

Mom of an anxious child

"Dajana offered me a safe, compassionate space that allowed for open and honest communication without criticism or judgement."

Sarah

Mom of Three

Alison was struggling with after school meltdowns,sibling fighting in the car and at home, and not knowing how to intervene in a way so it resolves and doesn't pop up again later!

Suzanne was looking for support with how to stop yelling AND with her son who has big emotions and often says "No!" to any requests for cooperation. She was looking for help in getting her child to listen and cooperate!

Ibuken needed support on helping her sons process overwhelming feelings and how to show up in a way that doesn't punish or threaten for misbehavior, but instead builds a closer bond with the child so that they WANT to behave!

Lauren was looking for support with relating to her inner critic and feelings of shame and rejection sensitivity dysphoria as an ADHD mom. She knew self-compassion was an antidote to shame but didn't know how to apply it consistently to support herself in the heat of the moment!

Michele reached out for support on supporting her dysregulated son who has some sensory processing challenges. We talked about how to incorporate a sensory diet in his daily routine and Michele was able to see immediate results and improvements!

Barbara reach out for support with transitions with her Neurodiverse son, who has a hard time going to school and moving from one setting to the next. We incorporated playfulness and a laughter in the transition process and Barbara reports that things are much smoother than they were.

Trusted by Experts in the Field

Dajana has a deep understanding of the human mind, and the role that self-compassion plays in healing and recovery

Dajana Yoakley is both empathic and brilliant. She has a deep understanding of the human mind, and the role that self-compassion plays in healing and recovery. She knows what both parents and children need to thrive, and how to support parents to become their best selves.

- Dr. Laura Markham,

Founder of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

Author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, Peaceful Parent Happy Sibling, and Peaceful Parent Happy Kids Workbook

Dajana showed an outstanding ability to understand and use the principles and practices of playful parenting.

"Dajana successfully completed the Playful Parenting for Parent Educators Program through Playful Parenting International. She showed an outstanding ability to understand and use the principles and practices, both in her work supporting other parents and in her own growth as a parent."

- Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD, President, Playful Parenting International,

Author of Playful Parenting, The Art of Roughhousing and the Opposite of Worry

Your Instructors

Dajana Yoakley, Peaceful Parenting Coach and founder of Delight in Parenting and mom of three

Dr. Christopher Willard, Psychologist • Harvard Medical School Faculty • Author

Together, they have helped thousands of parents transform anxiety into confidence.

Dr. Christopher Willard

  • Faculty, Harvard Medical School

  • Author of 20 books on mental health

  • Psychologist

  • Father of two

Dajana Yoakley, MHA

  • Certified Peaceful Parenting Coach

  • Founder of Delight in Parenting

  • Training in parenting, nervous-system and relational approaches

  • Mom of three

Is This Course Right for You?

This is a great fit if...

✓ Anxiety has started influencing your family’s decisions

✓ You’re exhausted from reassuring, negotiating, avoiding, or trying to prevent every meltdown

✓ Your child may not even “look anxious” — it shows up as control, anger, perfectionism, avoidance, or dependence

✓ You worry about what these patterns could mean as your child gets older

✓ You want your child to become more capable, not simply calmer

✓ You understand the concepts but struggle to know what to do in the actual moment

✓ You want guidance with your child, not another generic list of techniques

✓ You’re willing to look at your own reactions as part of the process

This isn't the right fit if...

✗ You are looking for an instant cure or a promise of zero anxiety

✗ You want someone to tell you to simply force your child through fear

✗ You only want videos to watch without putting anything into practice

✗ Your child is in an acute safety crisis or needs emergency/diagnosis-specific treatment

✗ You want this course to replace your child’s therapist or medical provider

You now have two choices...

Choice #1: Keep doing what you've been doing.

• The same worries. The same guilt

• The patterns your kid are in get more fixed over time

• The window to shape their confidence doesn't stay open forever

Choice #2: Learn a framework that shifts the whole dynamic.

• Know exactly what to do and say — in real time

• Help your child build genuine confidence instead of reassuring

• Get your life back and become a proud parent of a confident child

A Quick Reminder of What's Inside

What's Included:

  • Proud Parents, Confident Kids – 5 Module Online Course (Value $950)

  • 5 Weeks of Live Group Coaching Calls with Dajana & Dr. Willard (Value $400)

  • Your Family Confidence Roadmap + Implementation Toolkit

    (Value $600)

  • Live Private Parent WhatsApp Community Access (Value $97)

Bonuses - Included FREE (Value $450)

  • BONUS 1: When Your Child Says No! Scripts, Practice Tools & Reflection Exercises (Value $150)

  • BONUS 2: The Same Team Alignment Kit: For Partners, Schools & Therapists (Value $150)

  • BONUS 3: Neurodivergent Child & Teen Strategies (Value $150)

Total Value: $2,497

Get Access

OUR PROMISE TO YOU

Try It Risk-Free for 14 Days

(If you go through the material, do the work, and don't find value — reach out within 14 days and we'll refund you in full. No complicated hoops to jump through. Just show us you gave it a genuine try. We're confident in this material — we've watched it shift families who were completely stuck Your only risk is staying exactly where you are.)

Frequently Asked Questions

“My child doesn’t really seem anxious. They seem angry / controlling / stubborn. Is this still relevant?

Possibly.

Anxiety does not always look like fear. For some children, worry can show up through avoidance, control, perfectionism, dependence, physical complaints, or big behavior.

We will help you look at the pattern beneath the behavior without assuming every difficult behavior is anxiety.

“My child is already in therapy. Will this conflict?”

This course works on the parent side of the pattern.

It is designed to sit alongside appropriate professional care — never replace it.

You’ll also receive communication tools that can help you coordinate with the professionals supporting your child.

“What if my partner isn’t on board?”

You cannot control another adult’s response.

But you can begin changing your own side of the pattern and becoming more consistent in how you respond.

We’ll also talk about communicating with partners and caregivers so you’re not carrying this alone.

“Is this only for little kids?”

No.

The underlying principles apply across childhood and adolescence, but the way you implement them needs to change with age.

A teenager needs more collaboration, autonomy, and privacy than a seven-year-old.

The goal is not younger-child scripts for older kids.

“What about ADHD, autism, OCD, eating disorders, or other needs?”

Some families have more than one thing happening.

The ideas in this course may still be relevant to the anxiety patterns surrounding those needs, but this program does not claim to treat those diagnoses.

Some children need diagnosis-specific or clinical care in addition to parent education.

When are the Live calls?

The class starts on Monday, September 14th, and classes will be on Thursdays at 10am CT/11am ET for 90 minutes per week.

“What if changing the pattern makes my child more upset?”

Some resistance or increased distress can happen when a familiar pattern begins changing.

That is one reason Week 5 focuses specifically on pushback, setbacks, and next steps.

A safety concern, crisis, or situation beyond the scope of parent education should be addressed with an appropriate professional.

“What if I miss a live session?”

Sessions are recorded.

You can watch the replay and continue with the process. You have lifetime access to all recordings.

“I’m already overwhelmed. How do I add another thing?”

This is not designed to give you another giant parenting to-do list.

You are already spending enormous amounts of energy on:

  • the bedtime

  • the school morning

  • the reassurance

  • the negotiations

  • the canceled plans

  • deciding whether to push or protect

The goal is to help you use that energy differently — with a clearer plan.

“What does it cost?”

$497 one time or 3 payments of $167.

Your kids' relationship to anxiety starts changing the moment you do.

Let's get started.

Have more questions? Email dajana.yoakley@delightinparenting.com